Locum Consultant in General Internal Medicine

Applications are invited for a consultant post in Acute General Medicine (AGM) and Ambulatory Care Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHFT). The OUH NHS Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Churchill Hospital and the Horton General Hospital. Applicants will be based mainly at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton Hospital.

This is an exciting time to join AGM and Ambulatory Care Medicine at OUHFT and become part of a consultant workforce with a reputation for excellence. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues who are skilled in the delivery of acute medical care and the interface with the Emergency Department and other hospital specialties.

The post-holder’s duties will be delivered across both acute hospital sites, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The post-holder will provide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including care of acute admissions, care of outpatients, leading ward rounds and other professional activities relating to Acute General Medicine and Ambulatory Care.

• GMC registration
• CCT/CCST/CESR in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine
• Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS) MRCP or equivalent
• General training in medicine to specialist level or equivalent.
• Experience in acute general medicine (minimum of 12 months at SpR or consultant level)
• Broad experience of acute general medicine
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Excellent leadership skills / Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Evidence of interdisciplinary and multi-professional working
• Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
• Excellent spoken and written English /Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
• Ability to support departmental research.

• Higher medical degree
• Evidence of completed and published research.
• Experience in management of frail elderly in acute setting
• Evidence of leadership in NHS, research, teaching, professional bodies, or service development.
• Management qualification.
• Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs.
• Prior experience with clinical information systems.
• Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc).
• Education qualification Experience as clinical or educational supervisor
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants
• Full driving licence

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.